Racing Victoria on Monday there will be over $280 million worth of stakes and bonuses next year, and an increase in minimum prizemoney across country, metropolitan and group racing features. They also announced the restoration of prizemoney for the Melbourne Cup Carnival to pre-COVID levels which were reduced in 2019…. Read More »
A dual winner of the Strickland Stakes, Parnham is unfazed by Kay Cee’s two runs this time in and believes she is poised to bounce back. Kay Cee ran 10th to The Velvet King when first-up in the Belmont Sprint (1400m) and then ninth behind Valour Road in the Hyperion… Read More »
The Melbourne Racing Club has welcomed the announcement from Racing Victoria today of an incredible $4.5m boost in prize money for MRC races across the 21/22 racing season, with increases to minimums for non-metropolitan meetings at Mornington, all the way up to Group 1s. In addition to the newly minted… Read More »
Trainer Peter Moody will not be pushing promising sprinter Oxley Road too hard this spring believing the lightly-raced galloper still has some maturing to do. Oxley Road has only raced three times and jumped straight from winning a maiden on debut down the straight at Flemington to claim the Group… Read More »
Grahame Begg thinks this year may be the right time for Nonconformist to be a Caulfield Cup contender. With international contenders requiring a number of stringent tests even before travelling to Australia, Begg believes international numbers will be well down on previous seasons in the Caulfield Cup. Begg tried to… Read More »
In the five years Ben Hayes has been a licensed trainer he is about to embark on his third training partnership. Joining his father, Hall Of Fame trainer David Hayes and cousin Tom Dabernig at the start of the 2016 season, Hayes has been training with only his cousin in… Read More »
The Ciaron Maher & David Eustace – trained Saunter Boy will return to the jumps for his next start despite a pleasing second on the flat at Flemington. Saunter Boy chased home stablemate South Pacific in the Adam Lindsay Gordon Handicap (2540m) on Saturday, a performance that Eustace thought was… Read More »
Chris Waller is set to have three runners in the Tattersall’s Tiara as he bids to take his season tally of Group One wins to 16. While he won’t break his Australian record of 18 majors secured in 2018-19, he can close out another incredible term when he starts Madam… Read More »
A racing couple in Queensland took the features at Ipswich, a stayer broke a long run of outs at Rosehill while an import impressed at his Australian debut at Flemington. All that and more in this weeks edition of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. KEY NEWS: Thompson/Thornton Show… Read More »
The final day of Royal Ascot saw the racecourse welcome back the Queen as she attended her first race meeting in almost two years. She nearly had a great start to her day as her horse Reach For The Moon was narrowly beaten in the opening Chesham Stakes. It was… Read More »
Ten races will be run and won at Sha Tin on Sunday, with good depth across the meeting. Race One: 1 Jiangxi Stamina Race Two: 1 Clement Legend Race Three: 11 Millennium Falcon Race Four: 3 Gluck Racer Race Five: 9 Charity Fun Race Six: 6 El Jefe Race Seven:… Read More »
Few horses peak at start number 62 but Happy Go Plucky has done just that, upstaging his more fancied rivals to claim his first stakes win in the Listed Ipswich Cup. The seven-year-old has been a grand campaigner for his Gold Coast trainer John Gilmore but his previous career highlight… Read More »
The 2021 Royal Ascot Carnival concludes on Saturday, with the feature race being the Group l Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1207m). Diamond Jubilee Stakes 🏆: View the Field and Odds for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes
Trainer Nick Ryan missed witnessing his first Flemington double convalescing at home after a midweek hernia operation. Ryan prepared Express Pass to claim the Murray Cox Handicap (1000m) before Dice Roll took out Saturday’s Brian Beattie Handicap (1420m). Dice Roll is unbeaten in three starts in Australia since arriving from… Read More »
Stockman might have earned himself a belated trip to Queensland after relishing the heavy track conditions at Rosehill to outstay his rivals and give Joseph Pride his third success in the Listed McKell Cup. An early speed battle between Mr Marathon Man and Monreal injected good pace into the 2000… Read More »
Cranbourne trainer Kasey Keys could not hide her delight after Free To Move scored a knock-out blow to punters at Flemington. Free To Move provided Keys with her biggest win in racing when he took out the Listed A R Creswick Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Now in a training partnership… Read More »
Irish-bred import Degraves has scored at his Australian debut for Lloyd and Nick Williams at Flemington, but had to survive a protest before being confirmed as the winner. Degraves won The David Bourke (1620m) from Think ‘N’ Fly but Damien Oliver lodged a protest against the winner for interference at… Read More »
Chris Waller’s right-hand man Charlie Duckworth says the owners of Wicklow can start to feel excited after the import maintained his unblemished Australian record in style. The three-year-old capped a remarkable rise through the grades with a seemingly effortless performance in Saturday’s Sharp Extensive IT Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill on… Read More »
Almost a year to the day since making his Australian debut, South Pacific has broken through for his first win with an easy victory at Flemington. Under the guidance of Jamie Kah, South Pacific enjoyed a perfect run in the Adam Lindsay Gordon Handicap (2540m) on Saturday in strolling home… Read More »
Gary Portelli has compared the impact James McDonald has in the saddle to that of a gifted rugby league player on the football field after the top jockey steered juvenile Royalzel to an emphatic victory at Rosehill. A four-time Sydney premiership winner, McDonald is on target to clinch his fifth… Read More »
